公开(公告)号：US06754696B1

公开(公告)日：2004-06-22

申请号：US09535058

申请日：2000-03-24

申请人： Vivek P. Kamath ,  Craig S. Brown ,  John B. Pence ,  M. Chandra Shekaran ,  Thomas G. Lorimor ,  Thomas R. Firman ,  Elizabeth J. Gentile ,  Keith M. Toussaint

发明人： Vivek P. Kamath ,  Craig S. Brown ,  John B. Pence ,  M. Chandra Shekaran ,  Thomas G. Lorimor ,  Thomas R. Firman ,  Elizabeth J. Gentile ,  Keith M. Toussaint

IPC分类号： G06F15167

CPC分类号： G06F17/30067 ,  Y10S707/99933 ,  Y10S707/99952 ,  Y10S707/99953

摘要： A method and system for transparently combining remote and local storage to provide an extended file system such as a virtual local drive for a computer system client/user, e.g., a user of a pocket sized personal computer or a cable set-top box. A client device may load file system object data, storing the directories and files remotely, and retrieving the files only when required. Via its local storage, the extended file system handles unreliable connections and delays. When a connection to an extended file system server is present, the extended file system provides automatic downloading of information that is not locally cached, and automatically uploading of information that has been modified on the client. Extended file system attributes are employed to determine the actual location of file system data, and a lightweight protocol is defined to download or upload remote data by low-level components that make the remote source transparent from the perspective of the application. The system scales to large networks as it employs the lightweight protocol and establishes a connection only to retrieve and submit data.

摘要翻译： 一种用于透明地组合远程和本地存储以提供扩展文件系统的方法和系统，例如用于计算机系统客户端/用户的虚拟本地驱动器，例如袖珍型个人计算机或有线机顶盒的用户。 客户端设备可以加载文件系统对象数据，远程存储目录和文件，只有在需要时才能检索文件。 通过其本地存储，扩展文件系统处理不可靠的连接和延迟。 当与扩展文件系统服务器的连接存在时，扩展文件系统提供自动下载不是本地缓存的信息，并自动上传已在客户端上修改的信息。 使用扩展文件系统属性来确定文件系统数据的实际位置，并且定义了一个轻量级协议，以便从应用程序的角度使远程源透明的低级组件下载或上传远程数据。 该系统使用轻量级协议扩展到大型网络，并建立一个仅用于检索和提交数据的连接。

公开(公告)号：US07660871B2

公开(公告)日：2010-02-09

申请号：US10855631

申请日：2004-05-28

申请人： Jerry K. Koh ,  Emmanuel Miranda-Steiner ,  Eric Hebenstreit ,  Elizabeth J. Gentile

发明人： Jerry K. Koh ,  Emmanuel Miranda-Steiner ,  Eric Hebenstreit ,  Elizabeth J. Gentile

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L67/16 ,  H04L67/34

摘要： A system and related techniques prepare and condition the installation of new networked service or application components, such as Internet services, based on an individual subscriber's subscribed-to services, features and other components. A subscriber to an Internet service may choose to add, for example, a componentized subscription to a music or video download service to their access plan. When the user inserts a CDROM or accesses a Web site for installation, the user may be prompted for a username or passport-type object to authenticate their account. The user may then be presented with a set of available service selections, extensions or enhancements to choose to add to their plan. Those available selections may be prefiltered or prequalified, for example, based on geographic location, account spending or access limits, language or other criteria. Because the installation engine delivers components which are intelligently filtered at time of installation, the service components or applications can be tailored to that specific user's needs and options, instead of downloading or installing a monolithic package which may contain services not available or of interest to that user.

摘要翻译： 系统和相关技术基于个人订户的订阅服务，特征和其他组件准备和调节新的联网服务或应用组件（例如因特网服务）的安装。 互联网服务的订户可以选择将例如对音乐或视频下载服务的组件化订阅添加到其访问计划。 当用户插入CDROM或访问网站进行安装时，可能会提示用户输入用户名或护照类型的对象来验证其帐户。 然后可以向用户呈现一组可用的服务选择，扩展或增强以选择添加到他们的计划。 这些可用的选择可以被预先过滤或预先资格化，例如，基于地理位置，帐户支出或访问限制，语言或其他标准。 因为安装引擎提供了在安装时智能过滤的组件，服务组件或应用程序可以针对该特定用户的需求和选项进行调整，而不是下载或安装可能包含不可用或不感兴趣的服务的单件包 用户。

公开(公告)号：US07542999B2

公开(公告)日：2009-06-02

申请号：US10819624

申请日：2004-04-07

申请人： Vivek P. Kamath ,  Craig S. Brown ,  John B. Pence ,  M. Chandra Shekaran ,  Thomas G. Lorimor ,  Thomas R. Firman ,  Elizabeth J. Gentile ,  Keith M. Toussaint

发明人： Vivek P. Kamath ,  Craig S. Brown ,  John B. Pence ,  M. Chandra Shekaran ,  Thomas G. Lorimor ,  Thomas R. Firman ,  Elizabeth J. Gentile ,  Keith M. Toussaint

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F17/20

CPC分类号： G06F17/30067 ,  Y10S707/99933 ,  Y10S707/99952 ,  Y10S707/99953

摘要： A method and system for transparently combining remote and local storage to provide an extended file system such as a virtual local drive for a computer system client/user, e.g., a user of a pocket sized personal computer or a cable set-top box. A client device may load file system object data, storing the directories and files remotely, and retrieving the files only when required. Via its local storage, the extended file system handles unreliable connections and delays. When a connection to an extended file system server is present, the extended file system provides automatic downloading of information that is not locally cached, and automatically uploading of information that has been modified on the client. Extended file system attributes are employed to determine the actual location of file system data, and a lightweight protocol is defined to download or upload remote data by low-level components that make the remote source transparent from the perspective of the application. The system scales to large networks as it employs the lightweight protocol and establishes a connection only to retrieve and submit data.

摘要翻译： 一种用于透明地组合远程和本地存储器以提供扩展文件系统的方法和系统，例如用于计算机系统客户端/用户的虚拟本地驱动器，例如袖珍型个人计算机或有线机顶盒的用户。 客户端设备可以加载文件系统对象数据，远程存储目录和文件，只有在需要时才能检索文件。 通过其本地存储，扩展文件系统处理不可靠的连接和延迟。 当与扩展文件系统服务器的连接存在时，扩展文件系统提供自动下载不是本地缓存的信息，并自动上传已在客户端上修改的信息。 使用扩展文件系统属性来确定文件系统数据的实际位置，并且定义了一个轻量级协议，以便从应用程序的角度使远程源透明的低级组件下载或上传远程数据。 该系统使用轻量级协议扩展到大型网络，并建立一个仅用于检索和提交数据的连接。